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Zvezda 6171 British Infantry Tank Matilda II 1:100 Scale Kit
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Description
Zvezda 6171 British Infantry Tank Matilda II 1:100 Scale Kit
History
In 1936, after the visit of Sir Archibald Wavell in the USSR, Great Britain began to develop medium tank for infantry support. Sir Wavell was amazed Soviet medium tank T-28 and persuaded the British ruling circles begin to develop their medium tank. In 1938, the first tank "Senor" rolled out of the shops of the plant "Vulcan". Later tank was familiar to many name "Matilda" with index 2. The tank had a weak gun and a very strong armor. He showed himself very well on the battlefields of Africa, where the Germans were able to stop the armored vehicle only 88mm anti-aircraft fire powerful cannons. Tank and was sent to the USSR under Lend -Lisa. However, on the eastern front all the advantage over the Germans came to naught. Affected unpreparedness tank for winter conditions, weak gun and body armor ... which gave way to the T-34. Unlike Africa, on the eastern front, the Germans had the means to combat not only with "Matilda" and T-34, but with the KV-1.
Using tank in Art of Tactic :
In the game "Matilda" will be a real headache for the German commanders, strong armor, a great gun and good speed - all this makes "Matilda" excellent tank early period of World War II.
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